Chapter 800 Buying a Plane Low-key

As a former Internet No. 1 brother, Zhang Chaoyang was the first among domestic Internet giants to purchase a private jet.

I placed an order in 2008 and started using it in 2009.

Four or five years earlier than other Internet giants.

However, the price of Lao Zhang’s aircraft is slightly lower. The aircraft of other big players are basically Gulfstream series, with a price of around 400 million.

Sohu reached its peak in 2008 relying on the Olympics.

Lao Zhang is in high spirits, so it is not surprising to order a private jet.

There is still one year before the Olympics, and Zhou Buqi is not sure whether this old man will make a move. He is so active, in fact, he wants to find someone to back him up.

Private jets are too eye-catching, Zhou Buqi is young and doesn't want to be the first bird. The best way is to buy one with Lao Zhang.

The sky is falling, let Lao Zhang bear it!

Anyway, in these years, Lao Zhang has become more and more playful, from playing cars and roller skating, to playing yachts and mountaineering, and then to private jets, step by step, it is logical.

The young Comrade Xiao Zhou, bewitched by his neighbor Zhang, reluctantly bought a private jet... Well, this reputation is much better.

"private plane?"

"right."

"Business jet?"

"right."

"have a thought!"

Zhang Chaoyang was really interested, he gave a thumbs up and his eyes lit up.

Zhou Buqi smiled and said, "How is it? Sohu's financial report for this quarter is pretty good, right? About how much?"

This is a company secret and will involve future stock price trends.

Zhang Chaoyang could tell Zhou Buqi that he would avoid the two little girls next to him. Fortunately, this is a business bar, there are no loud noises, it is very quiet, so he lowered his voice, quite proudly, "It's a record!"

The Olympics are coming soon.

Sohu is at its peak.

"Oh? How much?"

"Advertising revenue for the quarter, about $30 million, was up 40% from last year."

"Oh, that's quite a lot."

Zhou Buqi was relatively calm.

30 million US dollars... That means Sohu spent about 230 million yuan on advertising in the past 3 months.

It is equivalent to one and a half months of advertising revenue of Friends.com.

Thinking about two years ago, Sohu was upstairs in Ziweixing, and it was called a stately instrument, like a giant. Times have changed, and now a friend network under Ziweixing has already crushed Sohu in advertising costs.

Zhang Chaoyang is a bit high-spirited. Recently, Sohu's business has exploded. The large-scale online game "Dragon Babu" launched by the game department has achieved very eye-catching results. He talked about——

"Revolving around the advantages of the Olympic Games, Sohu will further widen the gap with its competitors. On August 8 this month, the countdown to the first anniversary of the Olympic Games, Sohu conducted video interviews with more than 200 famous athletes from 55 national teams. The event was unprecedented. All other websites added together, and only made 40 interview videos in total.”

"Sohu attracted 10 Olympic Games partners, sponsors or suppliers, and one other client to place advertisements on our related pages, while none of the other sites received advertisements for similar activities."

""Dragon Babu" has reached 18 million players, nearly 700,000 paying users, and quarterly revenue can exceed 10 million US dollars. We even authorized operating companies in Southeast Asia and Taiwan to develop overseas markets."

"By the way, in October, I plan to lead a team of engineers and reporters to challenge Mt. Jade Everest to warm up for next year's Olympic Games..."

The more Zhang Chaoyang talked, the more excited he became, and his eyebrows danced with joy.

Zhou Buqi couldn't listen anymore, so he quickly stopped, "Wait a minute! Climb a mountain and climb a mountain. What does this have to do with the Olympics? Isn't your reason too far-fetched?"

Zhang Chaoyang said: "The Olympic torch will go to Mount Everest, do you understand? Sohu will follow up and report. Such a high mountain, and there is no man's land, the network communication must have technical support. I will take the team to climb first Jade Everest is also preparing."

Zhou Buqi was very convinced, "Amazing! Really amazing! Sohu is developing so well, do you want to buy a plane?"

"Buy." Zhang Chaoyang nodded without any hesitation, "It must be bought."

Zhou Buqi slapped his hands, "Yes! Then buy it! The news has said that the richest man in Gome wants to buy a Gulfstream G550. I think this plane is pretty good."

"What?"

Zhang Chaoyang was slightly taken aback.

Domestic private jets have a history of ten years. A big player like Lao Zhang has long been paying attention to the field of private jets, and has long been eager to make a move.

He knows the price of a private jet.

The Gulfstream G550 and the Bombardier Global 6000 are basically the two most popular luxury business jets, both priced at around US$50 million including decoration.

Except for Bill Gates and Abramovich, who can directly spend 200 million US dollars to buy a Boeing 747 and transform it into a private jet, the vast majority of the world's richest people order these two planes.

A little worse is the Bombardier Learjet 60XR, with a price of around 15 million US dollars.

What's worse are some miscellaneous brands.

The history of private jets in China in the past ten years is basically of miscellaneous brands, and there are also some helicopters with prices ranging from a few million to tens of millions.

Zhang Chaoyang pays attention to his personal image and doesn't want to buy other brands. He thinks that Bombardier Learjet 60 is quite suitable for his identity. Unexpectedly, Zhou Buqi was so ambitious!

He even thought about buying the same type of plane as the richest man in China.

"Do you have enough funds?"

"good."

"Fifty million dollars?"

"OK."

Zhou Buqi smiled slightly, calmer.

Zhang Chaoyang felt unbalanced, feeling like he would be slapped in the face instead of showing off his wealth. Looking at the two young girls at the same table, they stopped drinking and chatting, and their eyes were shining brightly.

He secretly calculated in his mind, and felt that with Sohu's strength, spending 15 million US dollars to buy an airplane should be relatively easy to pass the board of directors, and the impact on the company's cash flow would not be too great. If it was $50 million, the impact would be too great for foreign shareholders to agree to.

no!

Zhang Chaoyang felt ashamed, so he persuaded him with good intentions: "Xiao Zhou, I think you should keep a low profile, you can't spend money like this..."

"Am I not low-key enough?"

"No, you just took such a big support policy, but you didn't want to develop the company well, and turned around, and used the money to buy airplanes... What do the leaders think of you? Is this an invincible family?"

Zhou Buqi nodded, "Well, you're right. So I didn't plan to use the company's money to buy it at all."

"What?"

Zhang Chaoyang was stunned for a moment, dumbfounded.

If you don't use the company's money, then use your own money? What a joke!

Zhou Buqi also had a good reason, "I bought the plane with my own money, and then leased it to the company at a price of 10 million yuan per year. The daily expenses of the plane are borne by the company. What if I buy the plane with the company's money? Don't worry. Many executives want to use the plane, but they can’t find a suitable reason to refuse it. It’s different if you buy it personally, this is my plane, and no one else can use it.”

Zhang Chaoyang said angrily: "Your plane is also rented by the company and belongs to the company's movable property. Why do you refuse?"

Zhou Buqi whispered: "There is a small trick here. If we receive salary from the company, we pay personal income tax, 10 million annual salary, and 4.3 million personal tax. If I receive 10 million yuan in rent, the nature of income tax will change, and it is enough to pay 1.5 million yuan in taxes. I do not receive wages, but only rent, and the rent is equivalent to wages. In other words, there is no strong relationship between the aircraft and the company. .Executives understand this, and they won't covet my plane."

These are the most basic financial routines. Of course Zhang Chaoyang knew it, and hummed: "That's not the same as buying a car. A 10 million car is used to deduct taxes, and then the annual discount is 25%. After four years, the car will cost 1 yuan. Sell ​​it to the boss. The boss transfers it to his wife, and then the company buys the car back from the wife at a high price. Don’t all listed companies in China operate like this.”

Zhou Buqi shook his head, "That's bluffing, it's not good."

Zhang Chaoyang glanced at him, "Do you really want to buy a Gulfstream G550?"

"Um."

"Are you rich? Didn't you say that you ransacked all your property and just took over the investor's shares?"

"Yes, I still have Google shares, and the ban will be lifted in November."

"Last year's YouTube deal?"

Zhou Buqi smiled, "Yes."

Zhang Chaoyang asked: "How many shares are there?"

Zhou Buqi said: "In the beginning, it was 393,000 shares. After the ban was lifted, I sold 26,000 shares. In two more months, the remaining 367,000 shares can be unlocked."

Zhang Chaoyang's scalp was a little tingly, "What is Google's stock price now? It seems to be rising rapidly, right?"

Zhou Buqi smiled and said, "It's not bad, about $530."

"$530, 367,000 shares...$20 million? Damn, $200 million!"

Zhang Chaoyang's eyes widened in disbelief.

This kid is too rich, right?

Not to mention Ziwei Star has achieved such a large scale, but does it still hold a bunch of other messy shares outside? No wonder you have to buy an airplane out of your own pocket. With so much money, it’s inhuman not to enjoy it.

"Tell me, how many shares of the company do you hold?" Zhang Chaoyang lowered his voice, very curious.

Zhou Buqi smiled, "Not much."

This is inconvenient to say.

The amount is too large.

He personally holds 55% of Polaris Venture Capital, 16% of Ziweixing, 5% of Shengshi Technology, 10% of Ziweixing Electronics, 11.3% of Huayi, and 10% of Yuanwei Group...

In addition, Polaris Venture Capital also holds 44% of Ziweixing, 55% of Yuanwei Group, 20% of JD.com, 35% of Fantuan.com, 55% of Shengshi Technology, and 44% of Jieyu Media. % of shares...

Ziweixing also holds 8% of JD.com, 20% of Youku, 25% of Kuliu, 55% of UC Youshi, 7.8% of Facebook, 55% of Bajixing, and 45% of Fantuan.com 20% of Tumblr, 40% of Twitter, 40% of AdMob, 20% of Jieyu Media, 55% of Ziweixing Electronics Group...

Various cross-shareholdings are extremely complicated.

All over China and the United States.

If this is all counted to make an overall assessment... Boss Gome Huang's position as the richest man will definitely be lost.

However, valuations of technology companies are generally inflated.

The valuation is quite high, and there is no money at hand.

It's Boss Huang who holds hundreds of billions of cash flow in his hands, so he can live a life of spending money like water.

Zhou Buqi was waiting for Google's stock to be lifted, so he quickly cashed out.

Looking at Jiang Bingjie's little eyes, she is so pitiful, she just hopes that the donor's father can buy him a house and a car and give him enough pocket money, so that he can live a prosperous life in one step.

There are also Yang Mi, Li Xinwan, and those little goblins in the secretary's office... Sigh, it's not easy being a boss. You have to take good care of yourself, exercise more, and keep fit to prevent the iron pestle from becoming a needle.